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PROSPECTUS 


OF  THE 


NATIONAL  CONVENTION 


League  of  Republican  Clubs, 


CLEVELAND,  JUNE  19,  20,  21,  189?. 


COMPILED   FOR    USE   OF    DELEGATES,    AND    CONTAINING 
A  :history  OF   THE   CONVENTION   CITY,   ILLUS- 
TRATIONS   OF     PRINCIPAL     POINTS     OF 
INTEREST,  AND   INFORMATION  OF 
USE     TO    SIGHT -SEERS. 


National  Executive  and  Local  Entertainment 
Committees'  Programs. 


CLEVELAND,    O. 

The  Cleveland  Printing  &  Publishing  Co. 
1895. 


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W.  W.  TRACY, 

CHICAGO, 

President  Republican  National  League. 


Eighth  Annual  Convention 

Kepublicar}  Kfatioqal  Jeagae, 


Wednesday,  June  19,  1895, 


CALL  FOR   THE  CONVENTION. 

To  Republican  State  Leagues,  League  Clubs  and  all  Republicans : 

In  compliance  with  a  provision  of  the  constitution  of  the 
Republican  National  League  establishing  an  annual  convention, 
and  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  of  the  last  National  Con- 
vention at  Denver,  the  Eighth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Repub- 
lican National  League  of  the  United  States  is  hereby  called  to 
meet  in  the  city  of  Cleveland,  Wednesday,  June  19,  1895,  a^  IO 
A.  M.,  and  continue  its  sessions  until  its  business  is  completed. 

The  ratio  of  representation  will  be  six  delegates-at-large  from 
each  State  and  Territory,  four  from  each  congressional  district, 
and  one  delegate  from  each  College  Club,  represented  by  one  of 
its  own  members  in  the  Annual  Convention  of  the  American  Re- 
publican College  League  for  1895.  The  following  are  ex  officio 
delegates,  viz :  the  President,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the 
National  League  ;  one  Vice-President  and  one  Executive  member 
of  the  National  organization  from  each  State  and  Territory,  and 
the  President  and  Secretary  of  each  State  and  Territorial  League, 
making  four  ex  officio  delegates  from  each.  This  gives  each 
State  practically  ten  delegates-at-large  in  addition  to  the  four  from 
each  congressional  district.  The  total  representation  will  exceed 
two  thousand  delegates,  with  an  equal  number  of  alternates. 

The  business  of  the  meeting  will  include  reports  from  the 
officers  of  the  League,  the  election  of  officers,  vice-presidents 
and  members  of  the  executive  committee  for  the  ensuing  year ; 
the  designation  or  reference  of  the  time  and  place  for  the  next 
National  League  Convention ;  a  general  discussion  of  League 
work,  party  policies  and  organization ;  the  formation  of  a  plan  of 
campaign,  with  special  reference  to  the  presidential  year,  and 
a  consideration  of  such  other  questions  as  the  convention  may 
deem  proper. 

Special  railroad  rates  have  been  secured  for  the  convention, 

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D.  D.  WOODMANSEE, 

CINCINNATI, 

President  Ohio  Republican  league. 


E.  J.  MILLER, 

COLUMBUS, 

Secretary  Ohio  Republican  League. 


and  information  concerning  the  same  will  be  supplied  by  the 
>us  State  League  officials,  or  direct  from  these  headquarters. 
By  order  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

W.  W.  Tracy,  President. 
A.  B.  Humphrey,  Secretary. 
National  Headquarters,  140  Dearborn  Street,  Chicago. 
SPECIAL  ANNOUNCEMENTS, 
i.     It  is  proposed  to  take  three  days  for  the  convention,  to 
give  ample    time   for  the    consideration  of  questions  of  special 
interest  to  the  party  at  this  time. 

2.  There  will  be  excursions  about  Cleveland  to  Put-in-Bay 
in  Lake  Erie,  Niagara  Falls  and  Chautauqua  if  desired. 

3.  Railroads — The  Central  Traffic  Association  has  granted 
a  one-fare  rate  for  the  round  trip  in  the  territory  east  of  Chicago, 
St.  Louis  and  Cairo,  and  north  of  the  Ohio  river  to  Buffalo  and 
Pittsburg,  including  Michigan.  The  Trunk  Line  Association 
has  granted  a  rate  of  full  fare  going,  and  one-third  fare  returning, 
in  the  territory  between  New  York,  Buffalo  and  Pittsburg.  It 
is  expected  that  the  Passenger  Associations  representing  New 
England  and  the  South  and  West  will  grant  equally  favorable  or 
better  terms. 

4.  A  special  train  will  probably  be  run  from  Denver  to  ac- 
commodate the  western  delegates.  Parties  wishing  to  join  this 
train  should  correspond  with  C.  W.  Varnum,  State  League  Sec- 
retary, Denver,  Colo.  Special  trains  will  probably  be  run  from 
New  York,  Philadelphia,  Chicago,  Nashville,  Louisville,  Pitts- 
burg, and  Cincinnati. 

5.  Some  of  the  Minnesota  and  northwestern  delegates  are 
arranging  to  come  by  boat  around  the  Great  Lakes. 

6.  National  and  State  League  officials,  whose  names  will  be 
found  on  another  page,  will  arrange  for  transportation  of  delegates 
by  States. 

7.  The  hotels  at  Cleveland  are  excellent  and  numerous, 
and  prices  will  range  from  $1.50  to  $4.00  per  day.  As  this  will 
be  the  largest  League  convention  ever  held,  delegates  are  advised 
to  engage  accommodations  in  advance. 

8.  One  or  more  mass  meetings  will  be  held  and  will  be 
addressed  by  some  of  the  best  speakers  in  the  United  States. 

9.  The  citizens  of  Cleveland  are  preparing  a  grand  enter- 
tainment for  the  delegates. 

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Fact  i 


Facts. 


Selected  by  the  U.  S.  Govern= 
ment  to  run  the  fast  mail  trains. 


Is  the  only  double=track   line 
Fact  2     between  Cleveland  and  the  East 
or  West. 

Is  the  route  of  the  famous  24 
Fact  3      hour  train   between  Chicago  and 
New  York. 

Conceded   by   travelers  every= 
Fact  4     where  to  be  the  most    comfort= 
able  route  in  America. 


It  runs  Through  Sleeping  Cars 

Fact  5      between  Cleveland,  Chicago,  Buf= 

falo  and  New  York,  and   Boston. 

The 

Lake  Shore  & 

Michigan  Southern 

Railway. 


io.  The  National  League  headquarters  during  convention 
week  will  be  at  the  Hollenden  Hotel,  Cleveland. 

1 1 .  For  all  local  information  about  hotels,  excursions,  etc., 
address  F.  H.  Morris,  Chairman,  Arcade  Bldg.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

NATIONAL   CONVENTIONS   OF  THE   LEAGUE. 

The  Republican  League  of  the  United  States  was  organized 
in  Chickering  Hall,  New  York  City,  December  i5th-i;th,  1887, 
by  delegates  from  about  350  Republican  Clubs  of  the  United 
States,  assembled  in  national  convention  pursuant  to  a  call 
issued  by  the  Republican  Club  of  New  York  City.  National 
conventions  have  since  been  held  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  February 
28,  1889 ;  Nashville,  Tenn.,  March  4,  1890 ;  Cincinnati,  O.,  April 
23,  1891 ;  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  September  16,  1892 ;  Louisville,  Ky., 
May  10,  1893 ;  Denver,  Colo.,  June  26,  1894.  The  Eighth 
Annual  Convention  will  be  held  in  Cleveland,  O.,  June  19,  1895. 

THE  REPUBLICAN  LEAGUE  PLAN. 

The  League  is  founded  on  the  rights  and  duties  of  the  in- 
dividual citizens,  the  solid  corner-stone  of  Republicanism,  and 
aims  to  enlist  all  Republican  forces  as  auxiliaries  of  the  regular 
party  organization.  Its  chief  business  is  to  elect  candidates  and 
not  to  nominate  them. 

1.  The  Local  Club  is  composed  of  individuals,  with  equal 
voice  in  all  its  affairs. 

2.  The  State  League  is  composed  of  the  Local  Clubs  of  each 
State,  and  each  club  has  personal  representation  at  all  State 
conventions  and  elections  of  officers  and  committees. 

3.  The  National  League  is  composed  of  one  State  League 
from  each  State  and  Territory  in  the  United  States,  and  derives 
its  authority  from  instructions  given  and  committees  elected  by 
representatives  from  each  State  and  Territorial  League  in 
National  Convention  assembled. 

The  League  and  all  its  branches,  Local,  State  and  National, 
has  only  one  grand  aim,  namely :  To  advocate,  promote  and 
maintain  the  principles  of  Republicanism  as  enunciated  by  the 
Republican  party. 

For  plan  of  organization  and  form  ot  constitution,  address, 
A.  B.  Humphrey,  National  Secretary,  140  Dearborn  Street, 
Chicago,  Illinois. 


CHASE  STEWART, 

SPRINGFIELD, 

Treasurer  Ohio  Republican  League 


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CHARLES  F.  LEACH, 

CLEVELAND, 

First  Vice-President  Ohio  Republican  League. 


FRANK  P.  RICHTER, 

HAMILTON, 

Second  Vice-President  Ohio  Republican  League. 


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OFFICE  AND  WORKS, 

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W.  M.  DAY,  President. 

F.  J.  STARAL,  V.  P.  and  Gen'I  Hanager. 
G.  H.  GARDNER,  Sec'y  and  Treas. 
A.  WINTEflBERG,  Sup't. 


New  York  Office, 

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Chicago  Office, 

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OHIO  REPUBLICAN  LEAGUE. 


OFFICERS. 


D.  D.  Woodmansek,  President.  S.  B.  Hill,  3d  Vice-President. 

Chas.  F.  Leach,  1st  Vice-President.        W.  B.  Gaitree,  4th  Vice-President. 
F.  P.  Richter,  2d  Vice-President.  E.  J.  Miller,  Secretary. 

Chase  Stewart,  Treasurer. 


The  organization  of  the  Ohio  Republican  League  was  the 
outgrowth  of  a  conviction  that  club  work  was  the  most  effective 
agency  to  party  success.  No  substantial  victory  had  been  won  by 
the  Republican  party  in  this  State  but  that  had  upon  it  the  im- 
press of  the  aid  that  was  given  to  it  by  the  various  Republican 
clubs.  In  order  that  this  influence  might  be  centralized,  and 
that  its  real  power  might  be  enlarged,  all  of  these  clubs  were  put 
into  one  organization,  since  which  time  they  have  been  known  as 
the  League  of  Clubs. 

The  Ohio  Republican  League  was  born  January  n,  1886. 
Its  work  was  extended  into  every  county  and  city  in  the  State, 
and  by  and  by  a  political  organization  of  much  magnitude  had 
proved  itself  to  be  of  far  greater  importance  than  was  ever  an- 
ticipated by  its  warmest  friends.  It  has  had  its  seasons  of  de- 
pression as  well  as  of  lively  activity,  but  it  has  always  been  ready 
and  willing  to  do  its  full  share  of  party  service.  It  was  this  same 
spirit  of  club  organization  that  spread  from  State  to  State,  and,  as 
a  result,  the  National  Republican  League  was  organized  upon  a 
larger  scale,  but  upon  the  same  basis,  and  for  the  same  purposes. 
It  is  unnecessary,  at  this  time,  to  refer  to  the  success  of  that  larger 
enterprise,  for  its  history  has  been  a  great  political  triumph,  which 
is  well  known  to  all  Republicans. 

It  is  possible  that  the  plans  of  the  Ohio  Republican  League 
might  not  be  void  of  interest  to  club  workers  in  other  States. 
Under  its  constitution,  any  active  Republican  Club  in  the  State, 
of  at  least  thirty  members,  is  entitled  to  membership  upon  pay- 
ing an  annual  assessment  of  $5.00.  The  League  holds  a  State 
Convention   annually,  on    Lincoln's     birthday,    February    12th. 


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Each  club,  regardless  of  its  number  of  members,  is  entitled  to  ten 
delegates  in  that  convention.  It  has  been  the  custom  of  the 
League  to  hold  the  annual  Lincoln  Day  Banquet  on  the  evening 
of  the  State  Convention,  and  this  banquet  has  become  recognized 
as  one  of  the  most  interesting  and  important  events  in  the  po- 
litical history  of  our  State.  The  eloquence  of  our  leaders,  from 
various  States  of  the  Union,  has  often  been  heard  at  these  ban- 
quets, and  it  is  an  occasion  to  which  Ohioans  look  with  great  in- 
terest. 

The  President  of  the  League  annually  appoints  five  repre- 
sentative Republicans  as  an  Organization  Committee,  who  are  at 
the  head  of  the  work  of  bringing  in  new  clubs.  Recently,  the  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  has  been  enlarged  to  one  member  from  each 
county  in  the  State,  and  two  members  from  those  counties  which 
have  two  Congressional  districts.  This  Executive  Committee  is 
the  great  working  force  of  the  League,  and  the  success  of  the 
League  in  any  county  depends  largely  upon  the  Executive  Com- 
mitteeman from  that  county,  as  well  as  upon  the  officers  of  the 
League.  The  convention  held,  this  year  was  one  of  much  en- 
thusiasm, and  new  clubs  are  constantly   coming  into  the  League. 

The  League  does  not  pretend  to  be  a  distinct  political  or- 
ganization, but  simply  tenders  its  services  to  the  regular  party  or- 
ganization, and  the  harmony  which  exists  between  the  League 
and  the  regular  campaign  organization  has  been  productive  ot 
much  good.  They  work  together,  with  the  belief  that  the  only 
object  in  view  is  to  achieve  party  success  by  all  honorable  means. 

The  present  officers  of  the  League  are  alive  to  the  duties  that 
are  upon  them.  The  president,  D.  D.  Woodmansee,  of  Cincin- 
nati, has  twice  been  elected  to  this  important  trust  by  the  unani- 
mous vote  of  our  State  Convention.  In  all  of  his  efforts  to  develop 
the  League,  he  has  had  the  hearty  co-operation  of  the  Secretary, 
E.  J.  Miller,  of  Columbus,  who  has  rendered  faithful  service  to  the 
League  and  the  Republican  party. 

We  believe  that  there  is  still  a  place  for  the  League,  and  that 
new  victories  of  our  party  will  be  won  by  its  assistance.  We  be- 
lieve that  the  magnificent  Republican  majority  of '94,  in  this  State, 
of  more  than  130,000,  if  not  maintained,  will  decrease  less  speed- 
ily because  the  League  is  with  us.  Its  future  is  what  we  make 
it.  May  it  grow  and  prosper,  and  be  to  our  party  a  constant 
source  of  strength  and  courage. 

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SAM.  B.  HILL, 

CINCINNATI, 

Third  Vice-President  Ohio  Republican  League. 


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W.  B.  GAITREE, 

COLUMBUS, 

Fourth  Vice-President  Ohio  Republican  League. 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  LEAGUE  MOVEMENT. 


There  is  an  appropriateness  in  the  Republican  League  of  the 
Tinted  States  meeting  in  convention  in  Ohio,  for  the  League 
movement  is  another  of  the  many  "Ohio  ideas"  which  have 
made  the  Buckeye  State  famous. 

By  general  consent,  the  credit  of  originating  the  present 
league  movement  is  given  to  Mr.  James  Boyle,  now  private 
secretary  of  Governor  McKinley.  In  the  Fall  of  1885,  during 
the  noted  gubernatorial  campaign  of  Hon.  J.  B.  Foraker,  Mr. 
Boyle,  who  was  on  the  editorial  staff  of  the  Cincinnati  Commer- 
cial Gazette,  sent  a  communication  to  the  chairman  of  the  Elec- 
tion Committee  of  the  Cincinnati  Young  Men's  Blaine  Club, 
suggesting  the  organization  of  a  State  League  of  all  the  perma- 
nent Republican  Clubs  in  Ohio.  The  directors  favored  the  idea, 
and  a  special  committee  was  appointed  to  carry  it  into  effect. 
Mr.  Boyle  was  made  chairman  of  the  committee.  The  first 
thing  he  did  was  to  secure  endorsements  from  the  leaders  of 
the  party  in  Ohio.  Care  was  taken  to  explain  that  the  intention 
was  to  allow  every  club  to  manage  its  own  affairs,  and  that  pro- 
vision would  be  made  to  prevent  the  League  interfering  with 
the  official  machinery  of  the  party,  and  also  to  prevent  it  being 
used  to  control  nominations. 

Subsequently,  at  a  meeting  of  the  representatives  of  the 
Young  Men's  Blaine  Club,  the  Lincoln  Club,  the  Sherman  Club, 
of  Cincinnati,  and  of  the  clubs  of  the  Twelfth,  Fourteenth  and 
Sixteenth  Wards  of  that  city,  Mr.  Boyle  was  authorized,  in  the 
name  of  those  organizations,  to  call  a  conference  to  "assemble  in 
the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  Columbus,  at  five  p.  m.,  Jan- 
uary n,  1886  [when  J.  B.  Foraker  was  inaugurated  Governor], 
to  consider  the  question  of  the  formation  of  a  league  of  all  per- 
manent Republican  Clubs  in  the  State.      All  such  clubs  in  Ohio 


MAGNIFICENT  TRAINS 


"Big  Four 


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RUN     DAILY     TO 


ST.  LOUIS, 
CINCINNATI, 
INDIANAPOLIS, 
COLUMBUS, 


SPRINGFIELD, 
DAYTON. 
TERRE  HAUTE, 
And  PEORIA. 


ELEGANT    WAGNER    BUFFET    SLEEPING    CARS. 


LIBRARY    AND    CAFE    CARS,    AND    DINING    CARS. 


"The  Southwestern  Limited. 


NO  TUNNEL  AT  ST.    LOUIS.       DIRECT    CONNECTIONS    AT    CINCINNATI    WITH   ALL 
LINES  TO  THE  SOUTH.      NO  TRANSFER  ACROSS  THE   CITY. 


D.  JAY   COLLVER,   City  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent, 
NO.  239  SUPERIOR  ST.,  tel..  910.  CLEVELAND,   OHIO. 


M.  E.  INGAIyLS, 

President. 


E.  o.  Mccormick, 

Pass.  Traffic  Mgr. 


D.  B.   MARTIN, 
Gen.  Pass.  &  Ticket  Agt. 


are  invited  to  send  delegates  (from  one  to  five  each)  duly  ac- 
credited." The  conference  was  very  largely  attended,  and  it  was 
unanimously  and  enthusiastically  resolved  to  form  a  State 
League,  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  draft  a  constitution. 
Mr.  Boyle  was  made  chairman  of  the  committee,  and  after  a 
great  deal  of  trouble  and  consideration,  a  constitution  was  framed. 

Acting  by  authority  of  the  conference  of  clubs  referred  to 
above,  a  call  was  issued  on  June  28,  1886,  by  James  Boyle,  Chair- 
man, and  Richard  J.  Fanning,  Secretary  of  the  Committee  on 
Organization,  for  the  first  convention  of  the  Ohio  Republican 
League,  to  be  held  at  Columbus,  August  25,  1886,  at  the  Garfield 
Club  rooms,  Columbus.  The  constitution,  as  drafted  by  the 
committee,  was  ratified.  Article  2  read  :  "This  League  is  or- 
ganized for  the  advancement  of  the  principles  of  the  Republican 
party,  and  particularly  for  the  formation,  encouragement  and  en- 
rollment of  permanent  Republican  Clubs,  and  shall  act  in  co-oper- 
ation with  the  regular  Republican  committees."  Article  3  read  : 
u  Any  permanently  organized  Republican  Club  in  the  State  of 
Ohio,  having  adopted  a  constitution  and  by-laws,  is  eligible  for 
membership  in  this  League."  Hon.  Daniel  J.  Ryan,  then  the 
Representative  in  the  Legislature  from  Scioto  County,  was 
elected  the  first  President  of  the  League. 

Thus  was  organized,  on  the  25th  of  August,  1886,  the  first 
State  League  of  Republican  Clubs.  It  will  be  observed  that  this 
organization  contemplated  a  league  of  co-ordinate  local  and  in- 
dependent organizations,  banded  together  for  mutual  benefit  and 
for  the  benefit  of  the  party  at  large,  this  system  being  in  contra- 
distinction from  the  other  plans  attempted  as  stated  above, 
namely,  bureaucratic,  with  a  central  body,  having  subordinate 
clubs  or  branches  throughout  the  State  or  country.  It  was  felt 
by  those  who  organized  the  League  that  to  be  successful  it  must 
allow  the  widest  possible  latitude  for  local  conditions  and  in- 
dividual club  autonomy,  the  prime  condition  of  membership  in 
the  League  being  that  each  club  having  affiliation  therewith 
should  be  bona  fide  Republican,  and  organized  with  a  permanent 
intent.  The  constitution  of  the  Ohio  State  League,  as  originally 
formed,  has  not  been  materially  changed  since  then,  and  has 
been  made  the  model  of  nearly  all  of  the  State  Leagues  through- 
out the  country.  The  "Ohio  idea"  rapidly  spread  in  the  East 
and  West. 


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The  development  of  the  State  League  into  the  National 
League  is  to  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  "  Republican  Club  n 
of  the  City  of  New  York.  At  a  call  of  that  organization,  a  national 
convention  of  State  Leagues,  and  of  individual  clubs  throughout 
the  Country,  was  held  at  Chickering  Hall,  New  York  City,  on 
December  15,  16  and  17,  1887,  and  the  Republican  League  of  the 
Inited  States  was  then  and  there  formed.  Hon.  Daniel  J.  Ryan, 
President  of  the  Ohio  State  League,  was  made  Vice  President  of 
the  convention,  and  Mr.  Boyle  was  made  Chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  National  Organization,  which  reported  the  original 
constitution  of  the  Republican  League  of  the  United  States,  and 
the  Ohio  plan  of  State  organization  was  recommended  as  the 
model  for  other  State  Leagues. 


VIEW    IN    RIVERSIDE    CEMETERY 


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York  :  Bronze  Medal,  first  premium.  Pied- 
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PROGRAM  OF  THE  GENERAL  COMMITTEE. 


Wednesday,  June  19. 

10:00  A.  M. — Session  of  the  Convention,  Music  Hall. 

1:00  P.  M. — Short  excursion  to  parks,  factories,  cemeteries, 
amd  suburbs. 

2:00  P.  M. — League  picnic  at  Forest  City  Park ;  admission 
free  to  delegates.     Concert  by  the  Iowa  State  Band. 

8:00  P.  M. — Mass  meeting  at  Music  Hall. 

8:00  P.  M. — Open  meeting  and  reception  given  by  the  Young 
Men's  Foraker  Club  to  the  colored  delegates,  at  Excelsior  Hall, 
Brie  street  and  Scovill  avenue. 

8:30  P.  M. — Concert  by  Iowa  State  Band  at  Forest  City  Park. 

Thursday,  June  20. 

9:00  A.  M. — Short  excursion  to  parks,  factories,  cemeteries, 
and  suburbs. 

11:00  A.  M. — Excursion  No.  1  upon  Lake  Erie,  free  to  dele- 
gates, upon  palace  steamer  City  of  Cleveland. 

2:00  P.  M. — Excursion  No.  2,  similar  to  No.  1. 

2:00  P.  M. — Open  meeting  at  Music  Hall,  with  speeches  by 
prominent  orators. 

6:00  to  8:00  P.  M. — Reception  to  the  delegates  at  the  Biclo- 
rama  building,  corner  of  Euclid  avenue  and  Erie  street. 

8:30  P.  M. — Banquet  tendered  the  delegates  at  the  Arcade, 
Euclid  avenue  and  Superior  street. 

Friday,  June  21. 

10:00  A.  M. — Session  of  the  Convention,  Music  Hall. 
2:00  P.  M. — Session  of  the  Convention,  Music  Hall. 
Headquarters  of  General  Entertainment  Committee  and  Bu- 
reau of  Information  at  241  Arcade. 

F.  H.  Morris,  Chairma?t,  C.  F.  Leach,  Treas., 

H.  N.  Hill,  Secy. 

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BETWEEN 


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'Just  a  Little  Better  Than 
the  Best." 


There's  a  Rakish  Mount  for   You! 

Please  place  your  optics  on  that  name, 
Enduring  as  the  vaulted  sky, 
Excelling  all  in  worth  and  fame, 
Receiving  praise  from  far  and  nigh. 
Let  others  talk  as  much  they  will, 
E'en  though  their  talk  be  smooth  and  sweet, 
Since  they  have  not  "  that  name  "  to  bill, 
Scarce  can  they  hope  "that  name  "  to  beat. 

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CLEVELAND,  OHIO. 

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GENERAL   ENTERTAINMENT  COMMITTEE  OF    1895. 

D.  I).  Woodmansee,  Cincinnati;  E.  J.  Miller,  Columbus;  F. 
1\  Richter,  Hamilton;  S.  B.  Hill,  Cincinnati;  W.  B.  Gaitree, 
Columbus ;  Chase  Stewart,  Springfield ;  D.  L.  Sleeper,  Athens ; 
H.  L.  McElroy,  Mt.  Vernon  ;  J.  R.  Knighton,  Hamden ;  John  L. 
Locke,  Cambridge;  S.  J.  Hathaway,  Marietta;  C.  W.  F.  Dick, 
Akron;  Harlan  F.  Burket,  Findlay ;  James  Boyle,  Columbus; 
J,  M.  Ashley,  Jr.,  Toledo;  F.  H.  Morris,  C.  F.  Leach,  E.  W.  Doty, 
H.  H.  Burgess,  W.  A.  Spilker,  Martin  Dodge,  J.  W.  Hencke, 
Theo.  McConnell,  H.  N.  Hill,  James  Caldwell,  J.  A.  Smith,  Theo. 
Closse,  W.  J.  Monks,  C.  W.  Collister,  J.J.  Hogan,  Hermann  Zapf, 
A.  McAllister,  A.  E.  Akins,  W.  E.  Cubben,  T.  W.  Hill,  H.  A. 
Griffin,  James  W.  Stewart,  Emil  Joseph,  W.  J.  Akers,  Luther 
Allen. 

EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE. 

F.  H.  Morris,  E.  W.  Doty,  James  Caldwell,  C.  W.  Collister, 
Theo.  Closse,  James  W.  Stewart. 

FINANCE  COMMITTEE. 

A.  McAllister,  Chairman. 

W.  J.  Akers,  M.  A.  Hanna,  O.  C.  Ringle,  I.  P.  Lamson,  C.  B. 
Beach,  T.  E.  Burton,  Ferd  W.  Leek,  M.  T.  Herrick,  Wm.  Greif, 
R.  S.  Hubbard,  John  C.  Covert,  F.  DeH.  Robison. 

TICKET    COMMITTEE. 

M.  A.  Hanna,  Chairman. 

C.  F.  Leach,  M.  A.  Bradley*  H.  D.  Goulder,  C.  W.  Chase, 
James  Wood,  S.  H.  Schmuck,  A.  E.  Gilbert,  J.  A.  Smith,  Chas. 

F.  Post,  Geo.  Gibson,  H.  R.  Groff,  M.  J.  Mandelbaum,  C.  C.  Bur- 
nett, Luther  Allen,  H.  E.  Hill,  S.  H.  Tolles,  O.  C.  Ringle,  Minor 

G.  Norton,   Mars  Wagar,  S.  T.  Denison,  J.  W.   Moore,  Jas.  H. 
Hoyt,  M.  M.  Hobart,  M.  A.  Marks. 

COMMITTEE  ON   SPEAKERS. 

Hon.  T.  E.  Burton. 

COMMITTEE   ON    BANQUET. 

W.  J.  Akers,  Chairman. 

B.  D.  Babcock,  Chas.  Wesley,  Isaac  Reynolds,  Daniel  Davis, 
M.  A.  Bradley,  Wm.  Edwards,  L.  M.  Coe,  J.  J.  Sullivan,  Frank 
Brobst,  Seth  T.  Paine,  R.  E.  Gill,  R.  S.  Aikenhead,  John  Tod,  C. 
A.  Brayton,  H.  C.  Ellison. 

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W.  C.  POLLNER.    Gen'l  Manager. 


TLhc  Columbia 
Brewing  Co.  . 

39  to  51  Commercial  St.,  CLEVELAND,  0. 

LASS,   MIRRORS, 

DOORS,  SASH,  BLINDS, 

Paints,  Oils,  Varnishes. 

CLEVELAND  WINDOW  GLASS  CO. 

THE   KING   BRIDGE  COMPANY, 


CLEVELAND,    OHIO. 

Iron  and  Steel  Bridges,  Viaducts,  TurntableSj  Girders, 
Buildings,  Eye  Bars,  Elevated  Railroads  and  Struct- 
ural Work  of  all  Kinds .    . 


OFFICERS : 

J  AS.  A.  KING,  President.  H.  W.  KING,  Vice  President. 

HARLEY  B.  GIBBS,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 


VALLEY  RAILWAY, 


HENRY  M.  KEin  and 

N.  nONSARRAT,  Receivers. 

SHORT  AND  ONLY  DIRECT  LINE  BETWEEN 


CLEVELAND,  CANTON,  CAMBRIDGE, 

AKRON,  CANAL  DOVER,  and  HARIETTA. 


Through   Pullman    Palace  Sleeping  Car  Service  Daily  between   Cleveland  and  Chicago 

via  B.  &  O.  R.  R. 

Our  Train  Service  is  Unexcelled. 


J.  T.  JOHNSON,  J.  P.  LEINGANG, 

Gen'l  Supt.  Acting  Gen'l  Freight  &  Pass.  Agent. 

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COMMITTEE   ON   BADGES. 

H.  H.  Stair,  Chairman. 

C.  O.  Bassett,  Geo.  Groll,  O.  M.  McAninch. 

COMMITTEE   ON   MUSIC. 

Martin  Dodge,  Chairman. 

J.  F.  Stair,  W.  R.  Vorce,  Sylvester  Scovil,  F.  N.  Wilcox,  Ora 
J.  Hoffman,  Wm.  J.  Monks,  Geo.  Ford,  Willard  Abbott,  Will  R. 
Rose. 

MENU   COMMITTEE. 

Elroy  M.  Avery,  Chairman. 

Ryerson  Ritchie,  Hermon  A.  Kelley,  M.  P.  Mooney. 

INTRAMURAL   EXCURSION    COMMITTEE. 

Howard  H.  Burgess,  Chairman. 

John  J.  Stanley,  Wm.  Prescott,  Geo.  Mulhern,  W.  A.  Spilker. 

CONVENTION  HALL  COMMITTEE. 

Wm.  B.  Wright,  Chairman. 

T.  D.  Brown,  Thos.  McCaslin,  John  Glover,  David  Nelson, 
C.  A.  Metcalf,  Fred.  Witt,  Jos.  Coghill,  Chas.  Gordon,  S.  A.  Muhl- 
hauser,  Robert  Simpson,  W.  K.  Radcliffe. 

COMMITTEE   ON   DECORATIONS. 

L.  N.  Weber,  Chairman. 

Ed.  O.  Peets,  F.  C.  Bate,  Louis  Malm,  E.  W.  Horn,  S.  H. 
Cramer,  F.  E.  Dellenbaugh,  Geo.  B.  Tripp. 

PAMPHLET  AND   PROSPECTUS   COMMITTEE. 

H.  A.  Griffin,  Chairman. 

W.  M.  Day,  T.  H.  Rose,  E.  H.  Baker,  James  Caldwell. 

PRESS   COMMITTEE. 

E.  W.  Doty,  Chairman. 

A.  E.  Heiss,  Ed.  Botten,  Edw.  Wright,  S.  E.  Kaiser,  J.  J. 
Spurgeon,  S.  T.  Hughes,  E.  W.  Bowers,  Ed.  B.  Lilley,  A.  S.  Van 
Duser,  T.  J.  Rose,  E.  A.  Roberts,  Will  R.  Rose,  Will  S.  Lloyd, 
Jacob  Waldeck,  Will  Sage,  A.  E.  Hyre,  James  Cockett,  F.  L. 
Willcutt,  Jacob  E.  Mueller,  Harry  Nelson,  C.  M.  Maedje,  E.  C. 
Forbes,  H.  C.  Smith,  J.  C.  Keffer,  W.  Scott  Robison,  Felix 
Rosenberg,  Sam  Oppenheimer,  R.  W.  Wheelock,  Hiram  Straus, 
E.  D.  Peebles,  Harry  Leonard. 

WELCOMING   COMMITTEE. 

T.  D.  Brown,  Chairman,  with  one  hundred  assistants. 

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TO   EXAMINE  THE 


White  Sewing  Machine, 


Whether  yoa  bay  or  not,  We  simply  ask  yoa  to  call 
and  inspect  it,  feeling  confident  that  its  many  points 
of  superior  merit  will  influence  you  to  buy  in  due  time, 


.  WHITE  SEWING  MACHINE  CO., 

PHONE  461.  124  and  126  EUCLID  AVENUE. 

AUSTIN   POWDER   CO., 

Cleveland,  Ohio, 


MANUFACTURERS  OF 


(Sunpowber. 


OFFICE  : 


906-912  SOCIETY  FOR  SAVINGS  BUILDING. 


5 1 


RECEPTION   COMMITTEE. 

A.  T.  Anderson,  Chairman,  with  two  hundred  and  fifty  as- 
sistants. 

LADIES'    RECEPTION   COMMITTEE. 

Mrs.  Elroy  M.  Avery,  Chairman,  with  two  hundred  and  fifty 
assistants. 

ENTERTAINMENT   COMMITTEE. 

F.  E.  Dellenbaugh,  Chairman,  with  five  hundred  assistants. 


GARFIELD   MONUMENT. 
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JAMES  H.  HOYT,  ESQ. 


Mr.  Hoyt  has  achieved  a  place  in  the 
public  life  of  this  State  by  an  entirely 
natural  and  unforced  process  that  justly 
entitles  him  to  rank  with  the  best  of 
Ohio's  sons.  It  is  true,  that  the  full  rec- 
.  ognition  of  his  worth  and  strength  has 
come  to  many  of  his  fellow-citizens  like 
s  an  awakening  or  a  new  idea ;  but  this  is 
because  he  has  heretofore  refused  to  be 
considered  for  positions  of  public  trust 
;  and  responsibility,  which  would  have 
made  his  ability  and  energy  more  widely 
known,  and  not  because  of  any  doubt 
as  to  his  qualifications  for  the  highest 
public  service  among  those  who  consti- 
tute the  large  circle  of  his  social  and  pro- 
fessional acquaintances. 
Mr.  Hoyt's  family  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  respected  in  this  part  of  the 
State.  His  father,  recently  deceased,  James  M.  Hoyt,  was  a  prominent  member 
of  the  bar,  held  important  offices  of  trust,  and  wa£  a  man  of  marked  literary 
ability.  James  H.  Hoyt,  Esq.,  is  the  third  of  four  sons,  and  is  forty-two  years  of 
age.  Rev.  Dr.  Wayland  Hoyt,  of  Minneapolis,  and  Colgate  Hoyt,  of  New  York, 
are  the  best  known  of  his  brothers.  He  graduated  in  the  public  schools  of  this 
city,  attended  the  Harvard  I,aw  School,  and  after  admission  to  the  bar  engaged 
actively  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  is  now  senior  member  of  the  well- 
known  law  firm  of  Hoyt,  Dustin  &  Kelley,  and  has  achieved  a  high  reputation 
in  his  profession,  many  large  interests  being  entrusted  to  his  care.  Some  able 
men  have  escaped  distinction  because  of  inability  to  give  fluent  and  forcible  ex- 
pression to  their  knowledge  or  ideas.  Such  is  not  the  case  with  Mr.  Hoyt.  His 
exceptional  ability  as  an  orator  has,  in  fact,  directed  attention  to  him  as  a  man 
with  broad  views,  undoubted  intellectual  strength,  and  well-disciplined  mental 
processes.  He  is  one  of  the -most  interesting,  entertaining  and  instructive 
speakers  in  Ohio,  and  the  Buckeye  State  ranks  second  to  none  in  the  Union  in 
that  respect.  There  seems  to  be  no  limit  to  the  resources  of  his  well-stored 
mind,  so  that  whatever  the  occasion  that  calls  him  to  the  platform,  or  however 
short  the  notice,  he  is  always  able  to  please  and  to  instruct.  The  people  of  Cin- 
cinnati were  treated  to  an  exhibition  of  Mr.  Hoyt's  oratorical  powers  on  the  oc- 
casion of  the  banquet  given  to  the  visiting  business  men  of  Cleveland  by  the 
Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce  a  few  weeks  ago.  It  was  a  wonderful  speech. 
Its  purpose,  as  may  well  be  supposed,  was  to  create  a  kindly  feeling  between  the 
business  men  of  the  two  cities,  and  the  manifestations  of  amity  and  enthusiasm 
it  aroused  will  never  be  forgotten  by  those  present.  When  Mr.  Hoyt  sat  down, 
Cincinnati  announced  that  her  sweet  sister  Cleveland  could  have  anything  that 
the  orator  of  the  evening  desired. 

Mr.  Hoyt  has  always  been  an  active  Republican.  There  is  no  taint  of  Mug- 
wumpery  upon  his  political  garments.  His  talents  and  means  have  repeatedly 
been  employed  in  the  defense  of  Republican  principles.  He  is  an  active  member 
of  the  leading  Republican  organizations  of  the  city,  and  is  always  found  at  the 
front  when  there  is  need  of  wise  counsel  and  arduous  service. 


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THE  CITY  OF  CLEVELAND. 

BY   F.   E.   DENTON. 


Cleveland,  capital  of  the  far-famed  Western  Reserve,  and 
metropolis  of  Ohio,  is  one  of  the  fairest  cities  of  any  land.  While 
there  are  towns  which  surpass  it  in  certain  ways,  there  are  none 
which  combine  so  many  of  the  features  requisite  to  the  concep- 
tion of  an  ideal  city.  Its  development  has  not  been  paroxysmal 
or  factitious,  but  healthful  and  many-sided.  It  has  been  indebted 
to  no  boom  for  advancement  in  any  field.  Its  growth  has  been 
the  sure  unfolding  of  natural  advantages,  and  it  has  passed  to  the 
proud  position  of  one  of  the  leading  commercial  centers  of  the 
republic.  Though  engrossed  in  material  activities,  its  people 
have  never  forgotten  that  trade  is  only  one  facet  of  municipal 
greatness,  and  have  sacrificed  to  their  wonderful  success  no 
advantage  of  their  truer  well-being.  It  is  generally  understood 
that  urban  life  is  largely  artificial,  and  that  a  bucolic  environ- 
ment is  of  best  service  to  man  physically,  mentally,  and  morally. 
Admitting  this  to  be  true,  it  can  be  said  of  Cleveland  that,  above 
all  other  great  cities,  it-  is  the  most  rural.  It  unites  in  singular 
measure  the  spirit  and  stir  of  city  life  and  the  beauty  and  peace 
of  country  life.  It  unites  what  is  most  desirable  in  both  lives, 
crowning  the  union  with  the  charm  of  its  own  individuality. 

Two  years  are  yet  to  pass  before  it  will  be  a  full  century 
since  the  sturdy  Connecticut  surveyor  landed  upon  the  banks  of 
the  Cuyahoga  River,  and  what  was  to  be  Cleveland  began.  Much 
sagacity  was  exhibited  by  him  in  his  choice  of  a  site  for  the  city 
which  was  to  bear  his  name.  Cleveland  stands  upon  an  undulat- 
ing plateau,  one  hundred  feet  above  the  waters  of  Lake  Erie. 
This  plateau  is  cleft  north  and  south  by  the  valley  of  the  Cuya- 
hoga River.  This  sinuous  stream  is  navigable  by  the  largest 
vessels  a  long  distance  to  the  southward.  The  city  has  a 
frontage  of  about  sixteen  miles  upon  the  river.  More  than  five 
of  these  miles  are  built  up  in  docks.  This  dockage  is  utilized  in 
passenger  boat  landings,  warehouses,  grain  elevators,  iron  fur- 

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T^e  W)eideman  Company 


WHOLESALE   GROCERS, 


.  .  Distillers  and  . 


WHOLESALE  LIQUOR  DEALERS 


a       n 


Wholesale  Agents  for  Hiram  Walker  &  Sons'  Canadian  Club. 
Stanford's  Vina  Vineyard  Brandies. 
James  E.  Pepper  Whiskey. 
Mt.  Vernon  Pure  Rye  Whiskey,  Etc. 


53,  55,  57,  59,  6i  Water  St, 


ESTABLISHED   1852 


LAKE  ERIE  IRON  CO., 


MANUFACTURERS    OF 


MERCHANT  BAR  IRON, 


FORGINGS  AND  CAR  AXLES, 


(Iron  or  Steel.) 

flACHINE  AND  CARRIAGE  BOLTS, 


HOT  PRESSED  NUTS, 


COLD  PUNCHED  NUTS, 


GIHLET  POINT  COACH  SCREWS, 


TRACK  BOLTS, 


BRIDGE  RODS,  WASHERS,  ETC. 


CLEVELAND,  O. 


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naces.  lime  kilns,  slaughtering  and  meat-packing  establishments, 
and  the  handling  of  vast  quantities  of  iron  ore,  coal,  pig  iron,  and 
lumber.  Formerly,  that  portion  of  the  city  west  of  the  river— 
now  containing  about  one-third  of  its  population— was  known  as 
Ohio  City,  being  a  separate  corporation.  In  1855,  it  was  united 
with  Cleveland,  since  which  time  the  union  has  been  rendered 
perpetual  by  the  stone  and  iron  wedlock  of  two  massive  viaducts, 
each  being  nearly  a  mile  in  length,  and  both  costing  nearly 
$3,500,000.  Besides  these  great  bridges,  there  are  numerous 
smaller  ones,  so  that  the  two  portions  of  the  city  enjoy  as  com- 
plete facilities  for  communication  as  though  they  were  one  in 
topography,  as  in  interests  and  destiny.  It  was  not  many  years 
ago  that  the  river  was  the  only  harbor.  In  1825,  there  were  only 
three  feet  of  water  in  a  narrow  and  crooked  channel  at  its  mouth. 
To-day,  as  the  result  of  the  improvements  made  from  time  to 
time,  and  the  great  breakwaters  built  by  the  government,  the 
harbor  of  Cleveland  is  one  of  the  finest  upon  the  lakes.  The 
western  breakwater  is  about  a  mile  and  a  half  in  length,  and  it  is 
expected  that  when  the  eastern  breakwater  shall  be  completed,  it 
will  be  fully  two  miles  in  length.  These  gigantic  arms  will 
encircle  an  immense  basin,  wherein  the  ever-increasing  marine 
business  of  future  generations  will  be  transacted. 

Cleveland  is  a  spacious  city.  Its  area  is  about  thirty  square 
miles,  including  the  recently  annexed  villages  of  Brooklyn  and 
West  Cleveland.  It  has  a  frontage  of  some  seven  miles  upon  the 
lake.  The  distance  between  the  extreme  points  within  its  limits 
is  about  ten  miles  east  and  west,  and  seven  miles  north  and  south. 
It  may  be  seen  from  these  figures  that  its  citizens  do  not  need  to 
elbow  one  another.  Though  it  has  increased  in  population  more 
rapidly  than  any  other  Western  city  in  the  country,  with  the 
exception  of  Chicago,  there  are  very  few  of  its  more  than  twenty- 
three  hundred  streets  which  can  be  said  to  be  overcrowded. 
According  to  the  Eleventh  Federal  Census,  only  seventeen  per 
cent,  of  its  population  lived  over  ten  in  a  house,  while  in  New 
York  the  percentage  reached  eighty-three  and  one-third.  It  is 
this  roomy  character  of  the  city  which  is  one  of  its  most  delight- 
ful features.  It  has  a  direct  and  important  bearing  upon 
municipal  peace,  beauty,  and  healthfulness.  To  this  feature  is 
the  city  indebted  for  its  far-famed  width  of  streets  and  unequalled 
opportunities  for  drainage  and  sewerage.     The  water  supply,  of  a 

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Ih  Detroit  &  Cleveland 
Steam  Navigation  Co. 

Finest  Line  of  Steel  Side=WheeI  Steamers  on  the  Great  Lakes. 

DAILY    FOR 

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Cleveland,  O. 

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remarkably  pure  character,  is  drawn  from  the  depths  of  the  lake. 
This  body  exerts  a  gracious  influence  upon  local  climatic  condi- 
tions. In  a  region  noted  for  extremes  of  temperature,  it  plays  the 
part  of  a  meteorological  balance-wheel,  abating  the  rigor  of 
Winter  and  tempering  the  heat  of  Summer.  It  is  also  claimed 
for  it  that  it  acts  as  a  protection  against  wind-storms  of  a 
destructive  character.  The  climate  of  Cleveland  is  less  change- 
able than  that  of  any  other  city  of  the  same  latitude.  Nature 
seems  to  have  the  physical  well-being  of  its  citizens  under  especial 
guardianship,  as  there  are  few  country  places  even  where  the 
chances  of  life  are  better.  Last  year,  the  percentage  of  deaths  to 
each  one  thousand  of  population  was  only  17.43. 

Cleveland  has  had  a  phenomenal  growth,  increase  having 
begotten  increase,  as  in  the  case  of  the  proverbial  snow-ball. 
When  the  first  quarter  of  a  century  had  sped,  it  was  still  only  a 
modest  hamlet  of  150  souls.  It  was  not  until  1830  that  it  had 
passed  the  thousand  mark.  From  that  time  its  growth  began  in 
earnest.  According  to  the  Federal  Census,  the  population  in 
1840  was  6,071 ;  in  1850,  17,034;  in  i860,  43,830;  in  1870,  92,829; 
in  1880,  160,146,  and  in  1890,  261,560.  At  the  present  time,  the 
population  probably  exceeds  340,000.  At  this  rate  of  increase, 
Cleveland  will  enter  the  twentieth  century  with  430,000  citizens. 
In  1850,  it  was  the  twenty-fifth  city  in  the  United  States;  in  i860, 
the  twentieth ;  in  1870,  the  fifteenth ;  in  1880,  the  eleventh,  and 
in  1890,  the  tenth.  Within  that  period,  it  outstripped  the  follow- 
ing cities :  Lowell,  New  Haven,  Worcester,  Syracuse,  Provi- 
dence, Rochester,  Louisville,  Newark,  Milwaukee,  Buffalo,  Pitts- 
burgh, Richmond,  Albany,  Detroit,  Washington,  and  New 
Orleans.  Contemplating  the  miracle  of  its  past,  the  most  ardent 
dream  falls  within  the  circle  of  probability. 

A  great  city  is  supposed  to  be  purely  a  practical  institution. 
It  is  expected  that  the  smoke  and  thunder  of  traffic  will  displace 
the  aesthetic  by  a  sort  of  natural  right.  But  in  Cleveland  the 
beautiful  has  ever  demanded  and  received  its  full  share  of 
devotion.  Consequently,  there  is,  perhaps,  no  city  of  its  size  in 
the  country  so  singularly  attractive.  The  proximity  of  the  lake, 
with  its  ever-changing  aspects,  and  delicious  breezes  tempering 
the  hottest  of  rays;  the  broad  avenues,  so  embowered  with  foliage 
as  to  have  given  Cleveland  the  name  of  the  Forest  City  ;  the 
countless  lovely  homes,  with  their  green  lawns  ;  the  picturesque 

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CnpflAI       NIAGARA  FALLS  EXCURSIONS  for  the   REPUBLICAN 
OrEVvlAL        LEAGUE    CLUBS. 

For  further  information,  call  on  or  address 


T.    K.    NEWMAN, 

General  Manager. 


W.    F.    HERMAN, 

Gen'l  Passenger  Agent. 


Cleveland,    Ohio. 
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resorts,  and  the  rare  points  of  interest,  render  it  a  most  charming 
place  to  visit  in  the  Summer  months.  It  is  its  manifold  attrac- 
tions and  facilities  of  access  by  land  and  sea  which  have  made 
Cleveland  a  favorite  convention  city.  Despite  the  railroad  strike 
and  "hard  times,"  it  was  the  meeting  place,  in  1894,  of  the 
greatest  of  the  Christian  Endeavor  conventions.  To  meet  the 
ever-increasing  demands  upon  hospitality,  the  city's  hotel  capacity 
has  been  more  than  doubled  during  the  last  few  years,  and  to-day 
it  boasts  of  a  number  of  hostelries  which  are  the  peers  of  any. 
The  leading  ones  are  the  Hollenden,  the  Stillman,  the  Weddell, 
the  Forest  City,  the  Kennard,  the  American,  and  the  Hawley ; 
but  there  are  many  others  of  considerable  capacity.  To  meet  the 
demand  for  a  large  convention  hall,  Music  Hall,  which  comfort- 
ably seats  5,000  people,  was  built  a  number  of  years  ago  ;  but  its 
facilities  are  no  longer  adequate.  The  needs  in  this  direction, 
however,  will  soon  be  met,  upon  the  completion  of  the  immense 
armory  of  the  Ohio  National  Guard,  under  process  of  construction 
at  the  corner  of  Bond  and  Hamilton  Streets.  This  armory  will 
include  an  auditorium  capable  of  seating  10,000  people,  and  then 
Cleveland  will  be  able  to  entertain  as  large  a  convention  as  has 
yet  assembled  in  the  land. 

THE    CITY   PARKS. 

The  park  system  of  the  city  is  one  of  its  chief  glories. 
Monumental  Park,  containing  ten  acres,  in  the  heart  of  the 
business  section,  is  the  oldest  of  the  parks,  dating  back  well 
toward  the  beginning  of  the  century.  It  is  adorned  with  the 
bronze  effigy  of  General  Moses  Cleaveland,  and  with  the  Soldiers' 
and  Sailors'  Monument,  one  of  the  grandest  and  most  unique  ot 
memorials,  built  by  the  county  at  vast  expense,  and  dedicated 
with  imposing  ceremonies  on  July  4,  1894.  Lakeview  Park,  with 
its  fountains  and  green  banks  and  rustic  bridges,  stretches  along 
the  slope  of  the  lake  bluffs  from  the  foot  of  Seneca  Street  to  the 
foot  of  Erie  Street,  and  is  only  a  short  walk  from  Monumental 
Park.  Half  a  mile  farther  east,  also  near  the  lake,  is  Clinton 
Park.  Still  farther  east,  some  four  miles,  is  Gordon'  Park,  the 
bequest  of  the  late  W.  J.  Gordon.  This  park  contains  about  two 
hundred  acres  of  meadow,  stream,  and  wood.  Nature  and  art 
have  combined  to  make  of  it  a  marvel  of  picturesque  beauty,  and 
a  more  charming  and  restful  place   could  scarcely  be  imagined. 

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THE   LHMSON  &  SESSIONS   CO. 


^^^^^^^ 


MANUFACTURERS    OF 


BOLTS,  NUTS,  RIVETS  AND  WRENCHES. 


GLEVELAND,    OHIO 


ABSOLUTELY    PURE  ! 


NO   CORN  I 


NO   RICE  I 


BREWED   FROM   FINEST   OF    MALT   AND   HOPS    ONLY. 

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Two  miles  to  the  southward  is  Wade  Park,  containing  seventy 
acres  of  glen  and  hill  and  grove  and  field ;  an  artificial  lake  large 
enough  for  boating  purposes;  a  zoological  garden;  pleasant 
walks  and  driveways,  and  every  requisite  to  a  popular  resort.  It 
is  thronged  daily  in  Spring,  Summer,  and  Autumn.  Wade  and 
Gordon  Parks  are  to  be  wedded  in  the  near  future  by  a  splendid 
boulevard.  On  the  West  Side  is  the  new  Edgewater  Park  and 
Pelton  Park,  and  in  the  southern  suburbs,  Forest  City  Park,  all 
interesting  resorts.  There  are  also  many  lesser  places,  public  and 
private,  scattered  through  the  city,  conducive  to  the  pleasant 
drawing  of  a  long  breath.  Eighty-one  acres  have  been  purchased 
by  the  Park  Commissioners,  in  Brooklyn  Township,  for  a  park. 
An  extensive  and  beautiful  South  End  park  is  contemplated,  and 
will,  doubtless,  ere  long  be  a  reality.  The  extension  of  Erie 
Street  into  the  lake,  and  the  construction  of  a  large  tract  of  land 
thereon  for  a  pleasure  resort,  is  another  project  receiving 
municipal  attention.  It  has  also  been  proposed  that  the  boule- 
vard to  be  built  from  Wade  Park  to  Gordon  Park  be  continued 
from  park  to  park,  circumvallating  the  city  with  a  landscape 
garden,  as  it  were,  and  impartially  distributing  its  delights  to  the 
people  of  every  section.  Euclid  Avenue,  extending  eastward 
from  Monumental  Park  many  miles,  aligned  with  palatial  homes, 
and  famous  the  world  over  as  one  of  the  most  magnificent  of 
streets,  is  in  reality  a  park  "long  drawn  out,"  having,  throughout 
its  attenuation,  all  of  the  charms  of  a  sylvan  retreat.  About  a 
mile  east  of  Wade  Park  is  Lake  View  Cemetery,  where  rises  sky- 
ward the  beautiful  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  the 
martyred  President,  James  A.  Garfield,  whose  mortal  remains 
repose  within  its  crypt. 

THE   EDUCATIONAL   SYSTEM. 

The  cause  of  education  has  ever  been  dear  to  the  people  of 
Cleveland,  and  they  have  done  more  for  it,  proportionately,  than 
the  people  of  any  other  American  city.  Over  sixty  massive 
brick  school  buildings,  equipped  with  every  modern  convenience, 
testify  to  their  deep  interest  in  the  intellectual  welfare  of  the 
rising  generations.  Within  these  buildings,  an  army  of  more 
than  40,000  youth  are  instructed  by  850  teachers,  skilled  in  the 
most  enlightened  methods.  The  city  pays  out  a  million  of  dollars 
annually,  and  deems  the  money  well  spent,  for  the  nurture  of  the 

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In  placing  your  orders  for  printing,  pat- 
ronize an  office  using  this  label: 


All  Union  Offices  have  it. 

Official  label  of  the  International  Typo- 
graphical Union  and  the  Cleveland  Allied 
Trades  Council. 


N.  P.  Bowler,  W.  W.  Balkwill, 


Vice-President.  Gen.  Manager. 


The  Cleveland  Frog  &  Crossing  Co., 


MANUFACTURERS    OF 


Lucas'    Patent 
Steel  Rail  Frogs  and  Crossings, 

PORTER  SWITCHES,  SPLIT  SWITCHES,  STANDS  AXI) 
TRACK  SUPPLIES  IN  GENERAL. 


Crossings  and  Girder  Rail  Special  Work,  for 
Electric  and  Cable  Railways. 


Office,  14  Winter  Street. 

Works,  Bessemer  Ave.  and  N.  Y.  P.  &  O.  R.  R. 

Engineer's  Office,  614  Cuyahoga  Building. 

CLEVELAND,  O. 


N.  P.  Bowler. 


Wm.  Bowler. 


W.  W.  Balkwill. 


BOMLER  St  CO., 

MANUFACTURERS   OF 

Chilled  Car,  Engine  and  Mining  Wheels, 

STREET  RHILHOHD  WHEELS, 

With  or  without  Axles. 

ARCHITECTURAL     WORK. 


Railroad  and  Heavy  Casting's  a  Specialty. 


No.  14  Winter  Street, 

Wheel  Foundry  Bessemer  Avenue. 

CLEVELAND, O. 


W.  W.  Balkwill,  Pres't. 


N.  P.  Bowler,  V.  Pres't  and  Treas. 


J.  V.  Kennedy,  Sec'y . 


The  Cleveland  Steel  Casting  Co. 

flake  any  weight  up  to  ten  tons. 


CAN    GIVE    PROMPT    DELIVERY. 


OFFICE,  14  WINTER  ST.  Works,  Hubbard  St,  near  Bessemer  Ave. 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO. 

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minds  of  its  young.  Aside  from  the  public  schools  are  the 
parochial  schools,  Catholic  and  Lutheran,  wherein  more  than 
15,000  children  are  taught,  and  the  private  schools  and  colleges, 
which  have  an  attendance  of  some  5,000  pupils.  The  leading 
institution  of  higher  education  is  Western  Reserve  University, 
including  Adelbert  College,  the  College  for  Women,  the  Cleve- 
land Medical  College,  the  Cleveland  School  of  Law,  the  College 
of  Dentistry,  the  Conservatory  of  Music,  and  the  School  of  Art. 
This  university  is  fast  coining  to  be  recognized  as  one  of  the  great 
centers  of  learning.  The  Case  School  of  Applied  Science  stands 
in  the  front  rank  of  scientific  schools.  The  Homoeopathic 
Medical  College  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  successful  institu- 
tions of  its  kind  in  the  country.  The  Medical  Department  of  the 
University  of  Wooster  is  also  located  here.  The  city's  educa- 
tional facilities  are  supplemented  by  two  great  libraries — the 
Cleveland  Public  Library,  with  80,000  volumes,  and  Case  Library, 
with  35,000  volumes.  There  are  over  200  churches  and  225 
benevolent  organizations  in  the  city. 

The  educational  life  of  Cleveland  finds  further  expression  in 
over  one  hundred  newspapers,  magazines,  and  other  periodicals. 
Among  its  dailies  are  the  Cleveland  Leader,  the  leading  Repub- 
lican journal  of  the  State,  with  its  evening  edition,  The  News  and 
Herald ;  the  Plain  Dealer,  the  leading  Democratic  journal  of  the 
State,  with  its  evening  edition ;  the  Press,  an  independent  after- 
noon paper;  and  the  World,  a  Republican  afternoon  paper,  of 
which  Hon.  Robert  P.  Porter,  of  New  York,  recently  became  pro- 
prietor. Two  dailies — the  Wcechter-A7izeiger  and  the  Neiie  Presse 
— represent  the  German  element  of  the  population.  Among  liter- 
ary, society,  and  trade  publications  are  The  Voice,  an  illustrated 
Sunday  paper,  The  Clevelander,  Town  Topics,  and  The  Iron 
Trade  Revieiv.  There  are  nearly  one  hundred  printing  establish- 
ments in  the  city,  whose  trade  extends  to  almost  every  State  and 
Territory  in  the  Union. 

NATURAL  AND  DEVELOPED  ADVANTAGES. 

The  greatness  of  Cleveland  commercially  is  chiefly  due  to  the 
marvelous  advantages  of  its  situation.  It  might  almost  seem  as 
if  its  matter-of-fact  founder  were  the  subject  of  inspiration  in 
1796,  since  there  was  no  way  in  which  he  could  have  apprehended 
how  the  future  would  so  signally  justify  his  choice.     Certainly, 

48 


j  Best  1  c.  Evening  Paper.  |       j  Best  3c.  Sunday  Paper. 


Entire  New  Management 


.    .    .   THE 


mm® 


Robert  P.  Porter 


Having  purchased  a  controlling  interest  in  the  above 
Newspaper,  it  is  proposed  to  improve  and  make  the 
World  one  of  the  best  Republican  Newspapers  in  the 
United   States 


Under  Its  New  Management 


The   World   will  be  a  Clean,  Vigorous,  Unique,  Up-to- 
Date  Republican  Newspaper , 


WHY  NOT  TRY  IT? 


THE  PEOPLE  ARE  TALKING  ABOUT  IT. 


Politically,  the  World  favors 


Protection  to  American  industry  and  decent  wages  for 
American  labor.  A  sound  settlement  of  the  financial 
question  on  a  gold  and  silver  basis.  Liberal  treatment 
for  the  veterans  of  the  war.  An  aggressive  foreign 
policy.    The  building  up  of  our  merchant  marine.     .    . 


It  will  be  a  Newspaper  for 
the  Home,  and  expects  to 
Win  on  its  Merits  as  such. 


NEW  PRESSES, 

NEW  TYPESETTING  HACHINES, 

NEW  BUILDING. — ' 


AH  the  News  of  the 
World  for    ...    . 


ONE  CENT. 


A  Cheap,  Bright,  Gossipy,  Newsy  Paper  for  the  Masses. 


Address,     ^J-J  g     WORLD,     CLEVELAND. 


5* 


the  earth-hidden  riches  of  the  Southwest  and  Northwest  could  not 
have  entered  into  his  calculations.  Yet,  so  far  as  results  are  con- 
cerned, it  is  as  if  his  eye  could  have  seen  the  future  with  the 
clearness  of  a  present  reality.  The  traffic  of  the  inland  seas  with 
a  large  section,  comprising  the  most  populous  and  opulent  part  of 
the  Union,  gravitates  to  Cleveland.  It  is  the  naturally-appointed 
meeting  place  of  fleets  and  railroads.  From  the  mines  of  Michi- 
gan, Minnesota,  and  Wisconsin,  comes  more  than  one-half  of  the 
raw  product  for  the  iron  and  steel  industries  of  the  entire  country, 
a  large  part  of  which  is  brought  to  Cleveland.  From  the  forest 
regions  of  the  same  States  comes  the  material  for  countless  habita- 
tions. From  the  bituminous  coal  fields  of  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania 
come  millions  of  tons  of  the  very  best  fuel.  Eleven  railroads, 
operating  5,237  miles  of  track — considerably  more  railway  mile- 
age than  there  is  in  the  kingdom  of  Sweden — meet  the  laden 
navies  at  Cleveland,  where  they  exchange  their  riches.  The  fact 
that  it  is  such  a  great  distributing  point  for  the  mineral  nourish- 
ment of  civilization  has  been  a  wonderful  stimulus  to  manufact- 
ures, and,  as  the  result,  Cleveland  enjoys  a  diversification  of 
industry  almost  unparalleled.  There  are  few  useful  things  which 
the  wit  of  man  has  devised  which  it  does  not  make.  It  has  more 
than  three  thousand  manufacturing  establishments,  great  and 
small.  Many  of  these  employ  a  small  army  of  men.  More  than 
half  of  the  population  are  directly  engaged  in  productive  labor. 

Cleveland  enjoys  the  prestige  of  being  the  largest  ship- 
building port  in  the  United  States.  In  fact,  there  is  only  one 
district  in  the  world — the  famous  Clyde  district,  in  Great  Britain — 
in  which  the  new  tonnage  turned  out  each  year  is  in  excess  of  that 
built  here.  Cleveland's  steel  ships  are  among  the  finest  merchant 
vessels  on  the  globe.  This  city  also  enjoys  the  honor  of  owning 
more  floating  property  than  any  other  city  on  the  continent,  with 
the  exception  of  New  York.  Its  vessels  will  aggregate  in  value 
$18,000,000.  The  cities  of  the  world  whose  maritime  commerce 
exceeds  that  of  Cleveland  could  be  counted  on  the  fingers  of  a 
hand.  The  value  of  its  lake  trade  in  1894  was  $55,000,000.  Its 
commerce,  especially  in  coal  and  iron  ore,  practically  includes  the 
business  of  several  other  ports  east  and  west.  It  matters  little  at 
what  port  of  Lake  Erie  the  cargo  may  be  discharged,  the  con- 
tract of  sale,  the  delivery,  and  the  payment  are  Cleveland 
transactions. 

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W.  A.  PRICE,  Pres't. 
W.  M,  REESE,  Sec'y. 


B.  J.  SPITZIG,  Treas. 

B.  H.  KIXKELAAR,  Sales  Mgr. 


CLEXZELHND 


BURIHL   CHSE 


COMPANY, 


DESIGNERS  AND  MANUFACTURERS  OF 

FINE    WOOD    FINISHED, 

Cloth  Covered  and  Metal  Lined  Caskets 


ROBES  AND  LININGS,   UNDERTAKERS'  HARDWARE, 

And  Dealers  in  all  kinds  of  Undertakers'  Supplies. 
Office  and  Warerooms,  Cor.  Willow  and  Center  Sts.,  CLEVELAND,  OHIO. 


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Iii  the  manufacture  of  heavy  forgings,  wire  nails,  nuts  and 
bolts,  carriage  and  wagon  hardware,  vapor  stoves,  sewing 
machines,  steel-tired  car  wheels,  and  heavy  street  railway 
machinery,  Cleveland  is  foremost  of  American  cities.  It  is  the 
headquarters  of  the  malleable  iron  industry.  In  this  city,  the 
greatest  shoddy  mills  of  America' are  located;  also  an  electric 
light  carbon  works,  having  an  annual  capacity  of  ten  million  car- 
bons. Cleveland  leads  the  world  in  the  manufacture  of  petroleum 
products.  It  makes  the  largest  telescopes.  It  ranks  next  to  New 
York  and  Chicago  as  a  market  for  millinery.  It  makes  more  than 
half  of  the  gum  chewed  by  the  human  race.  Not  only  do  its 
multiform  industries  furnish  employment  to  an  ever-increasing 
host  of  toilers,  but  it  pays  them  good  wages,  as  compared  with 
other  cities.  As  a  dwelling  place  for  the  man  who  earns  his 
bread  by  the  sweat  of  his  brow,  its  advantages  are  many  and 
marked. 

The  financial  system  of  Cleveland  comprises  some  fifty  bank- 
ing institutions,  including  national  banks,  savings  banks,  state 
banking  companies,  and  saving  and  loan  associations.  About 
half  of  these  institutions  are  savings  banks,  a  single  one  of  which 
has  resources  aggregating  to  exceed  $24,000,000.  The  deposits 
of  Cleveland  banks  will  aggregate  to  exceed  $65,000,000.  The 
record  of  the  city's  financial  system  has  been  a  most  creditable 
one.  No  speculative  influences  have  gone  to  swell  the  volume  of 
its  business.  A  rare  freedom  from  failures  or  serious  disturbances 
has  characterized  it.  The  direct  outgrowth  of  the  city's  wonder- 
ful commercial  interests,  in  the  attitude  of  a  grateful  child  to  its 
parent,  it  has  ever  encouraged  their  onward  and  upward  progress 
by  its  liberal  policy.  The  great  bulk  of  its  savings  deposits  has 
been  invested  in  building  homes  for  mechanics  and  others  of 
moderate  means.  Consequently,  there  is*  no  great  city  where  so 
many  of  the  inhabitants  own  their  own  homes.  In  that  part  of 
the  year  when  building  is  most  active,  every  setting  sun  witnesses 
the  addition  to  the  city  of  enough  comfortable  residences  to  make 
a  handsome  hamlet.  Streets  are  springing  up  as  if  by  magic,  and 
the  city  is  creeping  into  the  country  on  every  side.  There  are 
very  few  places  where  residence  property  can  be  purchased  at  a 
cheaper  figure.  The  most  desirable  manufacturing  property  can 
be  secured  at  prices  from  thirty- five  to  fifty  per  cent,  cheaper 
than  in  other  cities  of  its  class.     Cleveland  has  been  free  from 

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To  the  Republican  League  Clubs 

THE  LEADER  Extends  Greeting  and 

A  Welcome  Most  Cordial. 

An  Unrivaled  News-gathering  Service 

Both  Telegraphic  and  Local, 

And  Bright,    Honest,    Fearless 

Editorial  Comment  on  the 

Live  Questions  of  the  Day  make 

The  Morning  Leader, 
The  Sunday  Leader, 
The  News  and  Herald 

Eagerly  Sought  for  as  the 
Foremost  Republican  Newspapers 
Of  Ohio,  and  the 

Advertising  Mediums  par  Excellence. 
As  a  Gatherer  of  Legitimate  News 
THE  CLEVELAND  LEADER  Stands 
Easily  First  and  Foremost  in  its  Field. 
The-Leader  is  Rightly  Named. 


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real  estate  booms,  as  of  all  other  kinds.  The  market  for  land 
has  been  active,  but  healthfully  so.  A  great  stimulus  to  the 
\  th  of  the  city  has  been  its  comprehensive  and  unrivalled 
street  car  system,  comprising  200  miles  of  track.  Horse  cars  have 
become  a  memory,  and  electric  and  cable  cars  so  neutralize  time 
as  to  bring  the  remotest  citizen  within  a  half  hour  of  the  City 
Hall.  The  Cleveland  Chamber  of  Commerce,  one  of  the  strong- 
est and  most  vigorous  commercial  organizations  in  the  country, 
is  an  active  factor  in  developing  and  energizing  every  effort  and 
movement  promotive  of  the  best  interests  of  the  city. 

A   UNIQUE   MUNICIPAL   SYSTEM. 

Any  description  of  Cleveland  would  be  incomplete  which  did 
not  mention  its  admirable  system  of  government.  This  has 
attracted  a  great  deal  of  attention  throughout  the  country,  since 
it  was,  in  an  emphatic  sense,  a  "  new  departure."  There  is  more 
or  less  danger  attending  political  experiments,  and  the  average 
citizen  is  not  disposed  to  look  upon  them  with  favor ;  but  "  the 
Federal  plan,"  as  it  is  called,  has,  during  the  four  years  of  its 
operation,  thoroughly  established  itself  in  popular  approval,  and 
illustrated  the  wisdom  of  its  originators.  It  receives  its  name 
from  the  fact  that  it  is  closely  patterned  after  the  plan  of  the 
Federal  Government.  Its  distinctive  feature  is  that  it  centers 
authority  and  fixes  responsibility.  Under  "the  Federal  plan," 
the  executive  power  is  in  the  hands  of  a  Mayor  (elected  by  the 
people)  and  his  cabinet,  consisting  of  six  heads  of  departments, 
chosen  by  him  and  confirmed  by  the  Council.  Following  are  the 
heads  of  the  departments :  The  Director  of  Law,  who  is  corpora- 
tion counsel ;  the  Director  of  Public  Works,  who  has  charge  of 
the  water  works,  streets,  parks,  public  buildings,  and  all  improve- 
ments thereon  and  additions  thereto ;  the  Directors  of  Police  and 
Fire  Service,  whose  duties  are  fully  indicated  by  their  titles ;  the 
Director  of  Accounts,  who  is  city  auditor,  and  has  full  control  of 
the  book-keeping  and  reports  of  all  the  departments ;  and  the 
Director  of  Charities  and  Correction,  who  is  responsible  for  the 
care  of  the  work-house,  infirmary,  and  cemeteries.  The  Mayor 
and  Directors  constitute  the  Board  of  Control,  whose  duties  and 
powers  correspond  in  a  general  way  with  those  of  the  boards  of 
improvement  in  other  cities.  The  head  of  each  department  has 
full  authority  to  select  all  of  its  officers  and  employes,  and  to 

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Mt.  Vernon 
Pan-Handle 

ROUTE. 

The  only  Line  running  the 
famous 


Pullman's  Perfected  Safely  Ye$liLiiIecI  Sleepy 


BETWEEN 


Cleveland  and  Columbus, 
Cleveland  and  Cincinnati, 


Every  Night,  "Year  Round," 

WITH 

LUXURIOUS  PARLOR  CARS  ON  DAY  TRAINS. 


For  full  information,  tickets,  sleeping  car  space,  etc.,  inquire 
of  or  address 

W.  D.  BUSS,  City  Passenger  Agent, 

Weddell  House  Ticket  Office,  Cleveland,  0. 

B.  H.  AKIN,  Div.  Passenger  Agent, 

49  S.  High  St.,  Columbus,  0. 

CHAS.  H.  ROCKWELL,  General  Passenger  Agent, 

Cleveland,  0. 


L.  RUSH  BROCKENBROUCH, 

Traffic  Manager. 

CLEVELAND,  O. 

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J.  H.  BARRETT, 

Cen'l  Sup't. 


purchase  its  supplies.  His  appointments  do  not  require  confirma- 
tion. The  Mayor  can  remove  any  member  of  his  cabinet  at 
pleasure,  who,  in  turn,  has  the  power  to  remove  any  subordinate 
of  his  department.  All  legislative  authority  is  in  the  hands  of  a 
Council  of  twenty  members,  who  are  elected  from  districts.  The 
appropriations  are  made  as  in  Congress.  No  warrant  can  be 
drawn  on  an  exhausted  fund,  and  the  revenues  cannot  be  antici- 
pated or  used  for  any  other  purpose  or  period  than  is  provided  by 
the  appropriation  act.  The  judicial  officers — the  Police  Judge 
and  Police  Prosecutor — are  elected  by  popular  vote.  "The  Federal 
plan"  went  into  operation  in  the  Spring  of  1891.  In  the  Spring 
of  1892,  a  reorganization  act  for  the  government  of  the  public 
schools  of  the  city  was  passed  by  the  State  Legislature.  By  its 
provisions,  a  Director  of  Schools  and  a  School  Council  of  seven 
members  are  elected  by  the  people.  The  Director  has  all 
executive  control,  and  all  appointments  are  made  by  him,  except 
those  of  teachers,  who  are  appointed  by  the  Superintendent  of 
Instruction.  The  School  Council  has  control  of  all  legislation  for 
the  schools.  The  City  Auditor  is  the  auditor  of  the  School  De- 
partment. The  new  government  has  most  admirably  fulfilled  all 
that  its  most  earnest  advocates  could  have  hoped  for  it.  It  has 
been  safe  and  economical,  and  its  operations  open  as  the  day.  It 
is  not  too  much  to  say  that  it  has  materially  contributed  to  the 
progress  of  the  city. 

The  honor  of  Mayor — a  very  high  one  considering  the  great 
responsibility  attaching  to  that  position  under  the  new  regime 
— has  been  bestowed  upon  three  citizens,  namely  :  Hon.  William 
G.  Rose,  Republican,  elected  in  1891 ;  Hon.  Robert  Blee,  Demo- 
crat, elected  in  1893  5  and  Hon.  Robert  E.  McKisson,  Republi- 
can, elected  in  1895.  The  latter  is  said  to  be  the  youngest  man 
ever  entrusted  with  the  executive  authority  of  a  great  city,  being 
only  thirty-two  years  of  age. 

RAILWAY   LINES. 

The  following  railway  lines  have  passenger  depots  at  Cleve- 
land :  Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  Southern ;  depot,  foot  of  Water 
Street.  Cleveland  &  Pittsburg;  depot,  foot  of  Water  Street. 
Cleveland,  Canton  &  Southern;  depot,  No.  .341  Ontario  Street. 
Big  Four;  depot,  foot  of  Water  Street.  Cleveland,  Lorain  & 
Wheeling;    depot,   foot  of  Water   Street.      Mt.   Vernon  &  Pan 

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Standard  Watch  "  as  above  illustrated.  We  have  spent  much  time  and  money  in  developing  and 
perfecting  this  watch  to  its  present  standard  of  excellence,  and  can  recommend  them  highly  to 
anyone  seeking  a  time-piece.  Perfect  time-keepers  are  now  the  requirement  of  the  day,  and  a 
business  man  whose  time  is  valuable  cannot  afford  to  be  without  a  reliable  watch.  They  are 
up  to  date  in  every  detail.    GARFIELD  SOUVENIR  SPOONS. 

THE  WEBB  C.  BALL  CO., 

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Handle  Route  ;  depot,  foot  of  Water  Street.  Nickel  Plate ;  depot 
Broadway,  east  of  Cross  Street.  New  York,  Lake  Erie  cc 
Western ;  depot,  foot  of  South  Water  Street.  Valley ;  depot, 
foot  of  South  Water  Street.  The  Cleveland  headquarters  of  the 
Baltimore  <S:  Ohio  are  at  No.  143  Superior  Street;  of  the  Cleve- 
land Belt  &  Terminal,  at  No.  341  Ontario  Street;  of  the  Cleve- 
land &  Mahoning  Valley,  38  Mercantile  Bank  building ;  of  the 
\\w  York,  Pennsylvania  &  Ohio,  No.  30  Euclid  Avenue;  and  of 
the  Pennsylvania,  No.  155  St  Clair  Street. 

PASSENGER  STEAMER   LINES. 

One  of  the  most  attractive  features  of  the  Summer  life  in 
Cleveland  is  the  opportunities  afforded  for  excursions  by  water 
of  any  desired  length.  Handsome  and  capacious  steamers  make 
frequent  trips  to  suburban  resorts  on  the  lake  shore  ;  daily  trips 
are  made  by  splendid  steamers  of  the  largest  size  to  Put-in-Bay, 
Kelley's  Island,  and  Lakeside.  Daily  trips  are  also  made  to 
Buffalo  and  Detroit,  making  close  connections  with  through  rail- 
way trains ;  and  if  the  seeker  for  pleasure  or  health  desires  a  longer 
voyage,  he  can  take  a  thousand  mile  run  on  magnificently  ap- 
pointed water  craft  to  Duluth  or  Chicago,  with  stop-off  privileges 
at  Mackinac  or  the  Sault.  The  passenger  traffic  of  the  Great 
Lakes  is  rapidly  increasing  as  the  beauties  and  advantages  of 
these  inland  ocean  trips  become  better  known,  and  the  various 
steamship  Jines  are  sparing  no  expense  to  accommodate  this 
traffic  and  to  make  this  form  of  pleasuring  attractive. 

The  following  passenger  boat  lines  have  landings  at  Cleve- 
land :  Detroit  &  Cleveland  Steam  Navigation  Co. ;  foot  of 
Superior  Street.  Cleveland  &  Buffalo  Transit  Company ;  foot  ot 
St.  Clair  Street.  Anchor  Line;  No.  107  to  No.  115  River  Street. 
Northern  Steamship  Line;  No.  23  River  Street. 

Points  of  interest  in  and  about  the  city  may  be  reached  by  the 
street  car  lines  of  the  Cleveland  Electric  Railway  Company  and 
the  Cleveland  City  Railway  Company,  from  Monumental  Park, 
in  the  heart  of  the  business  section,  as  follows:  Garfield 
Memorial,  Lake  View  Cemetery,  and  Wade  Park,  Euclid  Avenue 
car ;  Gordon  Park,  St.  Clair  Street  car ;  Rocky  River  and  Edge- 
water  Park,  Detroit  Street  car ;  the  new  park  in  Brooklyn  town- 
ship, Pearl  Street  car ;  Forest  City  Park,  Broadway  car ;  Berea, 
Lorain  Street  car. 

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